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Tiny 2-billion-year-old fossil blobs may be the oldest complex cells
New Scientist - 15 Feb 2020 11:00
Fossils of single cells found in China are 2 billion years old, making them the oldest eukaryotic cells in the fossil record and possibly our distant relatives
Molecule offers hope for halting Parkinson's
Science Daily - 15 Feb 2020 03:32
A promising molecule has offered hope for a new treatment that could stop or slow Parkinson's, something no treatment can currently do.
Designing artificial brains can help us learn more about real ones
Neuroscience News - 16 Feb 2020 01:44
The lessons learned from developing artificial intelligence networks can help guide researchers down the path of understanding the brain as a computational system rather than a collection of cells. AI technology can help...
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through February 15)
Singularity Hub - 15 Feb 2020 19:00
3D PRINTING 3D Printers Are Finally Starting to Work More Like Star Trek’s Replicators Andrew Liszewski | Gizmodo “…researchers from EPFL's Laboratory of Applied Photonics Devices have developed a new method allowi...
Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit?
Live Science - 15 Feb 2020 16:00
People may falsely confess to a crime for any number of reasons, but it disproportionally happens to those who are young or disabled.
US military face recognition system could work from 1 kilometre away
New Scientist - 15 Feb 2020 14:00
The US Special Operations Command is developing a portable face-recognition system designed to identify people 1 kilometre away. It could also be used by law enforcement
Energized by enzymes -- nature's catalysts
EurekAlert! - 15 Feb 2020 09:00
(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are using a custom virtual reality app to design an artificial enzyme that converts carbon dioxide to formate, a kind of fue...
Flu season is getting weirder
Live Science - 15 Feb 2020 03:15
Officials are seeing a new spike in flu activity as a second strain of flu hits on the heels of the first.
Controversial psychology tests are often still used in US courts
New Scientist - 15 Feb 2020 03:00
A third of psychological tests used in US court proceedings aren't generally accepted by experts in the field, a study has found